Policy paper

DfE protocol for changes to accountability, curriculum and qualifications

The government’s commitment to minimum lead-in times for significant changes to accountability, the curriculum or qualifications.

From:
Department for Education
Published
2 October 2015

Applies to England

Documents

Department for Education protocol for changes to accountability, curriculum and qualifications

Ref: DFE-00114-2015

PDF, 98.8 KB, 2 pages

Details

The Department for Education (DfE) developed the protocol in response to the 2014 workload challenge survey. It sets out DfE’s commitment to:

  • introduce minimum lead-in times (the times schools have to prepare for the changes they need to make) for significant changes to accountability, the curriculum or qualifications
  • do more to consider the workload of staff in schools when introducing such changes
Published 2 October 2015

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